Goldstream mine starts up
After a 7-year hiatus, the Goldstream polymetallic mine near Revelstoke, B.C., is back in production with a new operator. Equal partners Goldnev Resources (VSE) and Bethlehem Resources (VSE) recentl…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
South African ties could force review of HudBay bid
Manitoba Energy Minister Harold Neufeld says he welcomes Minorco’s recent offer to provide financial support for a $187-million modernization program at Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting’s (TSE) Manitoba m…
NEWS IN BRIEF Kewagama Gold
Kewagama Gold Mines (Quebec) Ltd. (KWG:ME) has changed its transfer agents to Central Guaranty Trust Co.
U.S. REPORT Adonos options Colorado prospect
An option to earn a 50% interest in a 20-claim polymetallic property at Idaho Springs, Colo., by spending $1 million has been acquired by Adonos Resources (VSE) from Franklin Consolidated Mining (NASD…
Going underground challenges Princeton
New operating and environmental constraints were imposed on Princeton Mining (TSE) during the recent change to underground mining of the McDame asbestos deposit from its traditional open-pit operation…
PEOPLE PBX RESOURCES
Victor Bradley appointed chairman and director; Gerald Rafetdeder appointed president and director; John Rochard appointed vice-president and director; Manfred Dubsky appointed vice-president, Europea…
PEOPLE RINSEY MINES
Arthur Halleran elected director and secretary succeeding Carl Schepannek who resigned.
PEOPLE QUATTRO RESOURCES (May 13, 1991)
Gerald Appel appointed secretary succeeding Steven Rosner who resigned.
Echo Bay develops historic gold producer
Like most projects being explored or developed in the Juneau gold belt of southeast Alaska, the Kensington gold project has historical roots going back before the turn of the century. At that time pro…
Strike ends at Brunswick as union accepts contract offer
The long strike at Brunswick Mining & Smelting’s (TSE) lead-zinc mine smelter operations in New Brunswick ended recently when employees voted to accept a new 43-month wage contract. Representatives of…
EDITORIAL PAGE Quebec’s faint support is welcome
If Quebec had announced its 1991-92 budget a few weeks ago, it would have been damned as irresponsibly extravagant. Finance Minister Gerard Levesque would be pilloried for projecting a deficit this ye…
Premier example of new challenges facing B.C. mining
Operating in northern regions presents economic and environmental challenges to British Columbia’s mining industry. Companies are wrestling with the logistics of transportation and commodity movement,…